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.R. W. BLACK & G. A. SANDER.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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NON-REFILLABAL'E'BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,189, dated October19, 1897. Application filed December 28, 1 896. SerialNo.6l7,155. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: I I

Be it known that we, ROSS W. BLACK and GUSTAVE A. SANDER, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Pittsb'urg, in

the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles,

of which the following is a specification, ref

'erenee being had therein to the accompany- 'will effectually preventthe-introduction of any liquid into the bottle, and thus preventing thecounterfeiting of various liquids, a

now often the case.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim.

In describing the invention in detail refer-- ence is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a bottle-neck,stopper, andaportion of the body portion.' Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe upper stopper. Fig. 3 is'a similar view of the lower stopper. Fig.at is an underneath plan View of the same.

Referring now to the drawings by referenceletters, a indicates thebottle-neck, having an exterior annular flange b around the top, thoughthis'fiange is not essential, nor does the bottle require anyspecially-constructed neck.

Our invention lies in the peculiarly-cons'tructed stopper, of which weprovide two composed of glass or other suitable material and cemented orotherwise secured in the bottle-neck,"the underneath one beingdesignated by the reference-letter c, said stopper being provided nearone side with an aperture d, terminating in a contracted opening forminga seat 0 for the spherical body c, said stopper 0 being further providedon its upper face with a recess f, located opposite the aper-- ture d,said recess communicating with the aperture d by semicircular grooves gg, forming runways for the liquid. The upper stopper 0 is provided withan opening is, which communicates with the recessf, and being thereforeon the opposite side from the aperture d.

When the bottle has been filled, the stopper 0 is placed in' the neck,with the ball 6 resting on its seat. The stopper 0 is placed on top ofthe stopper 0, with the opening it in communication with the recess f,the two stoppers being connected or otherwise secured in the bottle-neckas heretofore stated. NVhen the bottle is tilted or inclined, thespherical body 6 moves from its seat sufficiently to permit the liquidto flow through the aperture d,,where it circulates through the groovesg g to the recess f and out through the opening is in the upper stopper.As the bottle is returned to the upright position the spherical bodywill reseat itself as soon as "the bottle is inclined above thehorizontal line and prevent the introduction of any liquid into thebottle after the stoppers have been placed in position, and in order toform an air-tight seal an ordinary cork may be inserted in the opening70.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-, I

In a non-refillable bottle, a bottle-stopper comprising two disks, thelower one having on its upper surface an annular groove, and twoenlarged cylindrical cavities d and f on opposite sides thereof, eachcommunicating In testimony whereof we afiix our signalwith the annulargroove, one of said cavities tures in presence of two witnesses. (1,extending through the lower disk, and provided its lower enc] with avgilvesea t, the upper disk having a single opening 7v, extendingtherethrough and placed in alinement Witnesses:

with the cavity f, substantially as shown and A. M. WILSON,

described. II. E. SEIBERT.

